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HFND Unlimited HFND Multi-Strategy Return Tracker ETF

Multi-strategy fund: runs several alternative strategies at once, or aims to return what hedge funds as a group return

In the S&P 500’s down weeks over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HFND fell 50% as much as the index.

Unlimited · Alternatives ETFs · data as of

Key facts

+0.78Correlation with the S&P 500
+0.48Beta to the S&P 500
50.0%Down-week capture
+4.1 ptsAgainst T-bills, 52 weeks

Method

ETFIQ Diversifier Score

34.941st of 63

HFND’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.78 with the S&P 500, and in the weeks the index fell its down-week capture was 50.0%. Over the same 52 weeks it finished 4.1 points ahead of T-bills.

How much does it diversify a stock portfolio?

Correlation with the S&P 500
TAIL −0.75BTAL −0.69QBER −0.69CAOS −0.40CTA −0.26KMLM −0.24QIS −0.15FFUT −0.04MRGR −0.02FLSP +0.01ARB +0.04LSEQ +0.05CCOR +0.06MNA +0.15FMF +0.18HFMF +0.20BTRN +0.21IMF +0.22LALT +0.24DBMF +0.26MFUT +0.29ISMF +0.32ASMF +0.34RSBA +0.34ORR +0.35CBLS +0.36EVNT +0.38RSBT +0.39AHLT +0.40QALT +0.45TFPN +0.46WTMF +0.54EHLS +0.55HFGM +0.57HOLD +0.57CLSE +0.63FFLS +0.69HOLA +0.72PRAE +0.75FTLS +0.77ASGM +0.81HFEQ +0.82HDG +0.83QAI +0.85QBUL +0.86SHDG +0.86KSPY +0.87RSST +0.87QCLR +0.89HEQQ +0.90PHEQ +0.91QTR +0.91HEQT +0.94XCLR +0.94HELO +0.95ZHDG +0.96FHEQ +0.97HEGD +0.97ACIO +0.98CSM +0.98THEQ +0.98XTR +0.99HFND +0.78HFND +0.78−0.75+0.99

35.7% of the 63 sit at or above HFND on this measure.

Down-week capture against the S&P 500
BTAL −95.2%CTA −78.5%KMLM −60.3%LSEQ −48.0%FFUT −32.3%TAIL −32.1%IMF −22.7%DBMF −16.8%FMF −16.2%MFUT −15.9%MRGR −15.6%QBER −15.4%LALT −14.9%FLSP −12.6%ISMF −7.8%CAOS −6.2%EVNT −5.7%CCOR −4.8%ARB −4.0%MNA −3.1%ASMF 7.5%AHLT 8.0%RSBT 9.2%HFMF 12.7%RSBA 13.6%ORR 14.3%CBLS 14.5%WTMF 15.2%QALT 21.1%TFPN 25.7%HDG 29.0%QBUL 29.5%PHEQ 31.7%QAI 34.0%CLSE 36.5%EHLS 38.3%HOLD 39.5%KSPY 39.8%FTLS 42.3%HEQT 45.1%HOLA 47.0%BTRN 51.2%HELO 56.2%QIS 59.6%HEGD 60.2%SHDG 60.2%ASGM 64.2%PRAE 66.7%HEQQ 71.5%THEQ 71.5%HFGM 73.9%XCLR 76.6%ACIO 80.3%FFLS 84.7%ZHDG 90.0%FHEQ 92.2%XTR 96.7%QCLR 98.4%CSM 99.9%RSST 106.4%QTR 134.8%HFEQ 139.9%HFND 50.0%HFND 50.0%−95.2%139.9%

34.1% of the 63 sit at or above HFND on this measure.

Weighted evenly, those two positions are what the score combines, across the 63 alternatives ETFs with a full year. Neither spread above is the score: a fund can sit further right on one and score lower. A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.

What the score is computed from
What it measuresThis fundIts percentileWeight
correlation with the S&P 500+0.7835.750%
down-week capture against the S&P 50050.0%34.150%

All alternatives ETFs ranked by this score · How it is computed

HFNDFell 50% as much as the S&P 500
SPY−1.24%HFND−0.62%Average week when SPY fell: 22 of 52, year to Sep 18, 2026SPY−1.24%HFND−0.62%Average week when SPY fell

Method

Period by period

HFND over each window to Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowThe fundS&P 500Difference, percentage points
3 months−2.2%+2.3%−4.5 pts
6 months+5.6%+18.0%−12.4 pts
1 year+7.8%+16.6%−8.7 pts
3 years+29.9%+78.4%−48.5 pts
Since it listed+33.9%+124.3%−90.4 pts

Method

In plain words

ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.78 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.48, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.48% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks HFND fell 0.62% on average, a down-week capture of 50.0%. Over the same 52 weeks HFND returned +7.7% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 4.1 percentage points ahead of cash.

HFND (Unlimited HFND Multi-Strategy Return Tracker ETF), alternatives ETFs fields as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IssuerUnlimited
Strategy (ETFIQ, from its prospectus)Multi-strategy
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 23, 2025)1.07%
Net assets (SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for May 31, 2026)$33m
Weeks measured52, from Sep 19, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026
Weeks the S&P 500 fell22
The S&P 500 in those weeks, on average−1.24%
HFND in those weeks, on average−0.62%
HFND total return over those weeks+7.7%
T-bills (BIL) over the same weeks+3.6%
Listed sinceOct 11, 2022
Days traded90
Quotedon an exchange, every trading day

Weekly closes from Tiingo with distributions reinvested, 52 weeks to the same date for the fund, SPY and BIL. ETFIQ calculation. How these figures are computed

Questions people ask

Does HFND move with the S&P 500?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HFND’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.78 with the S&P 500’s, on a scale where 1 moves in step, 0 shows no pattern and −1 moves opposite. Its beta was +0.48, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.48% the same way.
What did HFND do when stocks fell?
The S&P 500 fell in 22 of the 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, by 1.24% on average. In those weeks HFND fell 0.62% on average, a down-week capture of 50.0%.
Did HFND earn more than cash?
Over the same 52 weeks HFND returned +7.7% with distributions reinvested, and BIL, a fund of Treasury bills, returned +3.6%. HFND finished 4.1 percentage points ahead of it.
What does HFND cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% a year.
Why is HFND listed as multi-strategy?
ETFIQ files each fund by what its own prospectus says it does, and HFND’s, filed Dec 23, 2025, describes a multi-strategy fund.

The words on this page

Correlation
How closely the fund’s weekly returns moved with the S&P 500’s over the last year, from −1 to 1. At 1 the two rise and fall together, at 0 there is no pattern, and below 0 the fund tended to move the other way.
Beta
How far the fund moved, on average, for each 1% move in the S&P 500 over the same weeks. At 0.3 it moved about 0.3% the same way; below 0 it moved the other way.
Down week
A week in which the S&P 500 fell, measured through SPY with dividends reinvested. A week that ended exactly level is not a down week.
Down-week capture
The fund’s average return in the S&P 500’s down weeks as a share of the index’s own average in those weeks. At 100% it fell as much, at 50% half as much, and below zero it rose. It is weekly and covers one year, so it is not the same figure as Morningstar’s downside capture.
Against T-bills
The fund’s total return minus a short Treasury bill fund’s (BIL) over the same year, in percentage points. A fund can steady a portfolio and still earn less than cash.

Every term used here, defined in full on the alternatives ETFs vocabulary page.

Where these figures came from

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HFND, Alternatives ETFs, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, and makes no recommendations.
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